There is little question that being an in-state university can be a big asset when trying to procure a recruit's signature come signing day. Especially when that university is basically in the player's backyard.

That is the fortunate circumstance head coach Dave Odom and the South Carolina Gamecocks find themselves in with Murphy Holloway, who hails from Irmo and attends Dutch Fork High School, a mere 20 miles from the USC campus.